Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West

William H. Goetzmann

Vintage Books, 1972 - History - 656 pages

Contents

• Westward the Clash of Empires: 3
• The Rediscovery of the Southwest: 36
• Canada Moves South: 79

About the author

William Goetzmann was born in 1931 in St. Paul Minnesota. He received his BA and PhD from Yale University. He also taught taught at Yale before going to the University of Texas at Austin to develop his American Studies program. He was a historian and emeritus professor in American studies at the University of Texas in Austin. He won the Parkman Prize and Pulitzer Prize for historians for his work on the American west. His written works are focused on the topics of American philosophy, American political history and American arts. He wrote Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism in 2009. Willaim Goetzmann died on September 7, 2010.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West; A Vintage book. History; Borzoi Book; Volume 805 of Vintage political science and social criticism
• Author: William H. Goetzmann
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Vintage Books, 1972
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 1, 2011
• ISBN: 0394718054, 9780394718057
• Length: 656 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / General; Science / History